Which is best for attracting talent: job boards or digital marketing?

At a time when it can seem as difficult as ever for so many firms to source suitable candidates, your organisation may understandably be reviewing whether it is adopting the right talent-search approaches in 2018.

Consider the long-time rivalry between job boards and digital marketing, for example.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/recruitment-tech/which-is-best-for-attracting-talent-job-boards-or-digital-marketing

To succeed in recruitment today, you need to think like a marketer

There may have been a time when your HR department simply being good at locating talent and filling its talent pools to the brim was enough to ensure it always landed the best candidates.

But of course, things change, and the current environment is one in which candidates are often the ones in control.

That’s why it’s so vital for firms wishing to get their staff recruitment right to be capable marketers, not only cultivating a strong employer brand, but also presenting it to the most appropriate people.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/to-succeed-in-recruitment-today-you-need-to-think-like-a-marketer

4 Recruitment Ideas You Can Pinch from Sony

After recently giving you an insight into Apple’s recruitment processes, I thought it was time to put another global brand under the microscope.

The Japanese multinational conglomerate company, Sony Corporation, have been innovating in the electronic sector since 1946.

From generations of game consoles to state of the art television sets, Sony is undoubtedly one of the biggest brands in the world.

More information: https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/attracting-staff/recruitment-ideas-from-sony/

The Top 5 Recruitment Blogs: March 2018

This month we’ve had a huge storm, the Spring Equinox and Employee Appreciation Day, so it’s safe to say it’s been a busy one!

But even with all of that going on, we still wanted to share some of our favourite recruitment content from March.

Check them out…

More information: https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/the-best-of/top-5-recruitment-blogs-march/

4 Steps to Effective Recruitment Marketing

And in what is a highly competitive market to find the best talent, recruitment marketing becomes more and more important for businesses who don’t want to use a staffing agency to help them find candidates.

So in a mission to help you put your marketing hat on, we’ve put together the 4 most important steps to getting started with recruitment marketing.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/effective-recruitment-marketing/

Are Hairdressers Putting Your Recruitment Business at Risk?

Many recruitment leaders I work with want their recruitment CRM to generate fees, but often recruiters are all too happy to jump back into spreadsheets, LinkedIn, notebooks and “going by memory” rather than use their CRM system properly.

The above results in a nightmare for recruitment leaders who are looking to grow their business, become “GDPR-proof” and become more profitable in 2018.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/hairdressers-and-recruitment/

William Almonte – The Modern Methods of Recruitment Used by Companies Today

The business environment is highly competitive in the 21^st century; organizations have limited reliability with the old-aged recruitment strategies. Due to the increasing number of applications as well as the arrival of diverse qualification background, it is becoming difficult for recruiters to keep the sharpness and accuracy intact in the selecting candidates.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/william-almonte-the-modern-methods-of-recruitment-used-by

Permanent Recruitment Agencies in India

ManpowerGroup is at the centre of connecting people with experience and employment opportunities. With permanent recruitment, you can access the highly specialized talent you need to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

ManpowerGroup is uniquely positioned to help make sure that people have the right skills to take on your mission-critical and day-to-day initiatives, so you can focus on what matters most.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/permanent-recruitment-agencies-in-india

5 Reasons You Should Consider Hiring Apprentices

Apprenticeship schemes actually originate from the Middle Ages. Master craftsmen were allowed to employ a young person as an inexpensive option of labour.

Since then, there’s been a huge evolution in how apprenticeship schemes work and the way that they are perceived.

According to gov.uk, 491,300 young people started an apprenticeship between 2016 and 2017, with 24.6% of them aged 19 and under.

More information: https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/attracting-staff/5-reasons-consider-hiring-apprentices/

5 Ways to Recruit Top Graduates

The competition surrounding graduate recruitment is getting more and more fierce, especially with the reported skills shortage in the engineering and manufacturing industries.

The key to recruiting the best graduates starts by getting to know your target audience.

Excluding mature students, you’ll find that a huge percentage of graduates this summer are members of Generation Z (those born between 1993 and 1999).

More information: https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/attracting-staff/5-ways-to-recruit-top-graduates/